Sweet Tomatoes Review + Crunchy Island Pineapple Tossed Salad Recipe

I’ve been a vegetarian since I was 12. I don’t like to make a big deal about it–after 18 years, it’s really second-nature to me. I don’t go to restaurants and wish I could order a burger or steak and I don’t miss eating meat. That said, I do wish that restaurants would offer more options for those of us who don’t eat meat. While I’m perfectly happy with a grilled portabella mushroom sandwich or a veggie burger, it would be wonderful if restaurants would start offerings some things that are new and different. One restaurant that does a really great job of this is Sweet Tomatoes.If you haven’t had the chance to go to Sweet Tomatoes, it’s a buffet that’s a little more fresh and healthy than your average biscuits-and-carvery-and-brown-lettuce type place. When Sweet Tomatoes first opened up near the town where I grew up, I was so thrilled to find so many tasty vegetarian dishes–and unlike other buffets, they’re all marked as such so there’s no guessing involved. My husband and I moved to a state where, sadly, there were no Sweet Tomatoes so we had to go without for quite some time. But now we live in an area with not one, but two Sweet Tomatoes. Happy dance!

Sweet Tomatoes gave me two meal passes so I could check out their restaurant in Raleigh. I was happy to see that my old favorites were still on the menu–oh, Sweet Tomatoes brownies, you are so warm and yummy. One thing I love about Sweet Tomatoes is that they switch up the menu in order to offer foods and flavors that are in season. Two standouts during our visit were the Mango Tropics Muffin (you really can’t go wrong with mango and coconut together, can you?) and Creamy Cilantro Lime Pesto Pasta. The Summer Tropics menu also featured a Hawaiian-inspired Crunchy Island Pineapple Tossed Salad–and guess what? Sweet Tomatoes was awesome enough to share the recipe with me!

Disclosure: I received two meal passes from Sweet Tomatoes to facilitate this review, but all opinions are my own–I only review products on my blog that I truly love and recommend to my readers. No monetary compensation has been received.

We're long time vegs too and we do like Sweet Tomatoes – however, I do get frustrated when all of their main mixed salads are meat and/or when there is only one veg soup out of 6. I've been meaning to write them about that Thanks for the recipe!~

Thanks for posting this recipe – I have also been a vegetarian for many years and I tried this salad at the restaurant and would love to make it again. I love that Sweet Tomatoes labels their foods so there’s no guessing or having to ask to find out if something is vegetarian or not.

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